So, the issue at hand is, I have a Chromecast 4K with Jellyfin Android TV on it. And most of my library is x265/HEVC. But, whenever playing from this specific device, it will natively take HEVC, but with exoplayer library it plays kinda like a slideshow, at about 5-10FPS. Choosing VLC should be ok, and forcing a transcode will result in a perfectly playable x264 at 24-30-60FPS or whatever is needed. But x265 with the default exoplayer seems to be a struggle. Is there a way either in Jellyfin Android TV or in the server, to specifically disable x265 playback, but only on this device?
I am not sure about this and cannot check myself because my server died last night :( but… I know that you can restrict certain functions for different users (log in as admin and go to Settings/Users). You could check if it’s possible to disable x265 playback for a user, then create a new user that you use exclusively to log in on that device.
I didn’t see an option to disable x265, sadly. There’s a bunch of transcoding options, but seems this wasn’t considered, unless the device didn’t support it.
Try configuring the user settings from the WebUI